Safety and Occupational Health Manager

Duties

• Serves as a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist/Manager in Contract Safety Group, Safety Center, Technical Directorate, and Defense Contact Management Agency (DCMA).
• Serves as the Contract Safety, Risk Assessment Program Manager (RA PM) responsible for the execution, management, and oversight of the Contract Safety Risk Assessment Program, and Explosive Operation Inspections (EOIs).
• Serves as a consultant on matters of ammunition and explosives safety.
• Plans, develops, and implements an annual Contract Safety Risk Assessment Program to ensure compliance with DoW and contractual safety requirements to mitigate risk.
• Evaluates conditions of current and future defense contractors, defense service providers, and producers of defense weapon systems, equipment, components, or spare parts.
• Provides highest level of functional, technical, and professional Contract Safety support to various federal, state, local officials, and contractors, as well as internal support to the Contract Safety teams and supervisors.
• Participates in meetings, conducts briefings, and coordinates amongst various levels of management within DCMA and other government agencies in regard to Contract Safety.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret access
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Safety and Occupational Health Manager, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13, level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.

Creditable specialized experience includes:

- Applying a broad knowledge of contract administration and safety and occupational health laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to review and advise on contract packages for safety clauses, and to mitigate risk in support of accident or incident prevention.
- Conducting safety studies to evaluate a contractor's safety programs and their ability to meet contractual safety requirements.
- Performing safety inspections derived from contract requirements.
- Formulating and implementing effective procedures to prevent, reduce, or eliminate a hazardous environment with both contractor processes and products.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

• This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: .
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• FLSA: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit: No
• If selected for an interview, you may be required to provide your last three performance appraisals to the panel.
• Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
• Financial Disclosure Required
• Acquisition, Technology & Logistics(AT&L) NON-CAP: Position requires DoD Acquisition Engineering and Technical Management, Practitioner certification within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years. Click for more details and .
• Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 and the March 20, 2025 .